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North Avondale, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northeast Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81022. The Survey maps it on the North Avondale quadrangle. It stands 4,518 feet above sea level.

North Avondale within Pueblo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

34 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of North Avondale between 2011 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
30 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
26 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
26 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictN/A
23 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN
5 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePueblo Rural Fire DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pueblo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of North Avondale: 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pueblo County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Avondale1.7 miles19
Nyberg2.8 miles20
Fort Reynolds3.1 miles19
Boone4.8 miles19
Devine6.0 miles20
Vineland6.1 miles17
Baxter7.8 miles20
Lombard Village10.8 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on North AvondaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7054035The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 193754. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.